Overview
- Peru’s electoral authority finished tallying votes on Monday, June 29, reporting Keiko Fujimori at 50.1 percent with 9,223,396 votes and Roberto Sánchez at 49.9 percent with 9,173,755 votes.
- The National Jury of Elections is scheduled to formally proclaim a winner on July 3, and Sánchez has publicly disputed the result while signalling legal appeals and organising street protests.
- The late shift in the count was driven largely by overseas consular ballots and thousands of contested tally sheets that were reviewed by election officials and special juries.
- If the JNE certifies the result, Fujimori is set to take office on July 28, a transition that could affect public security policy and investor sentiment in mining and other key sectors.
- Keiko Fujimori’s projected win revives a polarising political dynasty linked to past human rights controversies, which helps explain the sharp public divisions and the risk of continuing street mobilisation.